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Poem by Chûnagon Atsutada: Kenreimon'in, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 中納言敦忠 建礼門院」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26391
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #43; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.43
DescriptionNo. 43 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.

MFA impressions: 11.26391, 11.39587
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:村松
彫師:彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Aimite no/ nochi no kokoro ni/ kurabureba/ mukashi wa mono o/ omowazarikeri
あひみての 後のこヽろに くらぶれば むかしはものを おもはざりけり

清盛公の女 安徳帝の母君なり 一門亡びて後 尼となり 大原の 寂光院に入 世にありし時の玉の台に引替 草の庵に住たまふ 御舅君 後白河法皇 此ありさまのおたましさに 時として訪ひたまひけるとぞ
 柳下亭種員筆記
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.